Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Management: Social Responsibilities of Management; Arguments for and against Social Responsibilities of Business; Social Stakeholders; Measuring Social Responsiveness; Managerial Ethics.

Planning

Fundamentals of Planning: Definitions of Planning; Nature of Planning; Significance of Planning; Types of Plans; Steps in the Planning Process; Prerequisites for Effective Planning; Limitations of Planning.

Management by Objectives: Nature of Objectives; Concepts in MBO; The Process of MBO; Benefits of MBO; Limitations of MBO; Making MBO Effective.

Fundamentals of Organizing: Definitions of Organizing; Benefits of Organizing; Traditional Perspectives on Organizing; Closed System Vs Open System; Formal Vs Informal Organization; The Process of Organizing; Bases for Departmentation; Choosing the Pattern of Departmentation.

Productivity and Operations Management: Production and Productivity; Productivity Problems and Measurement; Operations Research, Production and Operations Management; Some Operations Research Techniques; Limitations of Operations Research.

Letter Writing: Writing about the Routine and the Pleasant: Understanding the Audience; Organizing Your Message; Business Letters.

Writing about the Unpleasant: Writing for the Reader; Saying “No” to an Adjustment Request; Saying ”No” to a Credit Request; Saying ”No” to an Order for Merchandise; Saying ”No” to a Request for a Favor; Special Problems in Writing About the Unpleasant.

Emotional Intelligence in Management: The Nature of Emotional Intelligence; Evolution of Emotional Intelligence; Components of Emotional Intelligence; Analyzing the Impact of Emotions at the Workplace; Applications of Emotional Intelligence at the Workplace; Emotional Intelligence in Indian Organizations; Improving Emotional Intelligence

Foundations of Human Relations and Organizational Behavior: Definitions of Human Relations and Organizational Behavior; Historical Development of Human Relations and Organizational Behavior; Contribution of Other Disciplines to Human Relations and Organizational Behavior; Significance of Human Relations and Organizational Behavior; Research Foundations for Organizational Behavior.

Foundations of Group Behavior: Nature of Groups; Various Types of Groups; Stages of Group Development; Group Structure; Group Tasks; Group Processes.

Understanding Work Teams: Definition of Work Teams; Benefits of Work Teams; Differences between Work Groups and Work Teams; Types of Work Teams; Team Effectiveness; Teams and Total Quality Management; Teams and Workforce Diversity.

Power and Politics: Definition and Meaning of Power; Distinction between Power, Authority, and Influence; Bases of Power; The Dependency Factor; Contingency Approaches to Power; Power in Groups: Coalitions; Organizational Politics; The Ethics of Power and Politics.

Production Function: Production Function; Concepts of Product; Three Stages of Production; Short-Run and Long-Run; Technological Change; Returns to Scale; Production with One Variable Input; Production with Two Variable Inputs.

Perfect Competition: Characteristics of a Perfectly Competitive Market; Supply and Demand in Perfect Competition; Short Run Equilibrium of the Competitive Firm; Long Run Equilibrium of the Competitive Firm; Efficiency of Competitive Markets; Effects of Taxes on Price and Output.

Introduction to Macroeconomics: Development of Macroeconomics; Objective and Instruments of Macroeconomics; Instruments of Macroeconomic Policy; Basic Concepts in Macroeconomics.

National Income: Circular Flow of Income; Factors Affecting the Size of a Nation’s Income; Approaches to Measure National Income; Measures of Aggregate Income; Difficulties in Measuring National Income; The Uses of National Income Statistics.

Consumption and Investment Function: Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand; Simple Equilibrium without Government Intervention; Economy with Government Intervention – Three Sector Model; Equilibrium in an Economy with Government Intervention; Four Sector Model.